Malibu Coconut Review

Hailing from Barbados, Malibu is a coconut-flavored rum liqueur designed specifically to be a sweet and straightforward mixer. While it uses rum as its base, its primary focus is delivering a singular, tropical coconut flavor for simple cocktails.

Nose: Sweet Coconut, Artificial Sweetness, Vanilla, Brown Sugar Palate: Light syrupy mouthfeel, Sweet Coconut, Vanilla Finish: Short finish, Fleeting Coconut, Abrupt warmth

This is a spirit that knows exactly what it is and doesn’t try to be anything else. If you’re looking for a traditional or sipping rum, this isn’t it. This is a low-proof liqueur that’s built to be mixed with cola or pineapple juice in a highball glass. The coconut profile is very sweet and one-dimensional, but it does its job in that context. For anyone looking for rum complexity, you’ll want to look elsewhere, but for a simple, sweet, and easy-to-use cocktail ingredient, Malibu delivers on its promise.